This article provides a systematic review of existing research on problematic smartphone
use (PSU) to guide other researchers in search of relevant studies, and to propose areas for …

Background and Aims: This present paper will review the existing evidence on the effects of
excessive smartphone use on physical and mental health. Results: Comorbidity with …

Background and aims Personality is one of the most frequently investigated variables to
shed light on the putatively addictive use of the smartphone. By investigating associations …

The present study investigates how excessive smartphone use predicts users' stress and
loneliness while taking the moderating role of online self-disclosure into account. We …

Recent literature has suggested that smartphone addiction is negatively associated with
users' psychosocial well-being. Much of the research on this subject, however, is of a …

Almost all adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19 own a smartphone and these offer
quick access to the internet and social media, which facilitates message transmissions or …

Background and aims To understand the interaction between problematic smartphone use
(PSU) and related influencing factors (individual variables, family environment, and school …

For some years now, scholars have been exploring some of the negative consequences for
the psychosocial well-being of users that the rapid incorporation of smartphones into our …

(1) Background: This paper combines lifestyle-routine activities (L-RAT) and self-control
(SCT) theories along with the literature on smartphone addiction in a joint model that …

We develop a conceptual framework based on a systematic and comprehensive literature
review on addictive smartphone behavior. Building our argument by drawing on data …